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news Scmp World 2026-04-24

US Offers $4 Million Bounty for Arrest of Chinese Money Launderer

The US State Department has issued a $4 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Daren Li, a Chinese national. Li was convicted in absentia of money laundering and sentenced to 20 years in prison.


The United States is offering a reward of up to US$4 million for information leading to the arrest of a Chinese national who fled the US after being convicted of money laundering. The bounty on fugitive Daren Li, 43, was announced by the State Department on Thursday through its Transnational Organised Crime Rewards Programme. In February, Li was convicted and sentenced in absentia to 20 years in prison by the US Court for the Central District of California. He had pleaded guilty in November 2024...

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